#Halifax Calls in the #Ghostbusters in New TV Advertisement!

Who ya gonna call? Well Halifax hopes it’s them by turning to comedy horror classic Ghostbusters for its latest pop culture-heavy campaign.

The latest ad from Adam&Eve/DBB, which follows the likes of The Flintstones and Top Cat in the series, uses footage from the 1984 classic starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man to promote the brand's Visa debit cards.

The ad, which like the previous Wizard of Oz campaign features characters superimposed into clips from the movie, premiered on Channel 4 last night (12 August).

Characters from the franchise will also appear across branches, outdoor, radio, press and social media.

Catherine Kehoe, managing director, brands and marketing for parent company Lloyds Banking Group, said: “Following the success of our Wizard of Oz commercial, we are once again delving into the world of film classics – this time the iconic 1984 hit Ghostbusters.

"As a straightforward bank, we keep things simple, so seeing Greg show Dan Ackroyd and Harold Ramis just how easy it is for our current account customers to pay with Visa contactless."

Two years after the all-female reboot of the beloved 1980s franchise arrived, original star Dan Aykroyd is now promising that a true Ghostbusters 3, starring the three surviving OG ‘busters, is on its way. Many thought the death of Harold Ramis, who played Egon Spengler, in 2014 had put paid to a proper reunion, but Aykroyd’s comments suggest that we can look forward to him teaming up with Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson in the near future.

While speaking on The Big Interview With Dan Rather, the man fans know as Dr. Ray Stantz, the heart of the Ghostbusters agreed with Rather’s wording that he was talking about making a “full-blown third Ghostbusters,” with an unknown writer already currently working on the script. Obviously, Aykroyd wouldn’t let on to anything about story details, but he did tease that it’ll try and recapture what worked so well about the original films while giving it a “21st century” twist.

“I think we got a story that’s gonna work. It’s being written by a really goo…

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If so, there's good news from the world of Gozer — there’s a new Ghostbusters movie in the works!

Entertainment Weekly has learned exclusively that Jason Reitman will direct and co-write an upcoming film set in the world that was saved decades previously by the proton pack-wearing working stiffs in the original 1984 movie, which was directed by his father, Ivan Reitman.

“I’ve always thought of myself as the first Ghostbusters fan, when I was a 6-year-old visiting the set. I wanted to make a movie for all the other fans,” Reitman says. “This is the next chapter in the original franchise. It is not a reboot. What happened in the ‘80s happened in the ‘80s, and this is set in the present day.”